Weather Records on 3 November 1979

630 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 November 1979. Highest significance: Engcobo (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 3 November 1979

On 3 November 1979, 630 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 225 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 607 daily.
Engcobo (Tnk) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 100.0 mm (3.9 in) on 3 November 1979.
Across 155 earlier years (1821 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

630 stations

630 station records on 3 November 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 November 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Lakeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Do Chicao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Glenowen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Do Fojo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	120.3 mm (4.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Alegre de Minas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Enfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Daniels Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cullers 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Bento Do Sapucai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Careacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sackville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kvareli	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vila Capivari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.3 C (11.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sand I Ryfylke II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-12.7 C (9.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Astara	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Congonhal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shepetivka	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Neuse 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wadesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hundseid I Vikedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alibek	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ribeiro Dos Santos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yangan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Icem (Usina Marimbondo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Debaltseve	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Calistoga	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morehead City 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newport River	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vinnytsia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-17.7 C (0.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Conceicao Dos Ouros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Presidente Alves	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

630 records

Records set or tied on 3 November 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 114, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 111, Heaviest daily rainfall 305, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 3 November 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	114
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	111
Heaviest daily rainfall	305
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 3 November 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 607.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

560 broken records

Margins by which the 560 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 November 1979

Top 20 records on 3 November 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 November 1979	Engcobo (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
3 November 1979	Lakeport, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1979	Usina Do Chicao, BR	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1979	Utsira Fyr, NO	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1979	Ebor (Glenowen), AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1979	Usina Do Fojo, BR	monthly rain	120.3 mm (4.7 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	3 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1979	Millen 4 N, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1979	Selinsgrove 2 S, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1979	Monte Alegre de Minas, BR	daily rain	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1979	Enfield, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1979	Daniels Harbour, CA	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1979	Mc Cullers 1 W, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1979	Virginia, BR	daily rain	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1979	Sao Bento Do Sapucai, BR	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1979	Louisburg, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1979	Careacu, BR	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1979	Nappan Cda, CA	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1979	Carthage Wtp, US	monthly rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1979	Emporia 1 WNW, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1979	Sackville, CA	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1821 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1821 to 1979. 1979 had 630 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 11-03 in each year
Year	Records
1821	2
1828	1
1835	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	1
1851	1
1857	1
1858	7
1862	1
1864	1
1875	5
1879	3
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	2
1889	1
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	8
1897	3
1898	6
1899	10
1900	6
1901	6
1902	5
1903	19
1904	22
1905	11
1906	13
1907	28
1908	19
1909	17
1910	21
1911	39
1912	112
1913	35
1914	41
1915	19
1916	22
1917	36
1918	16
1919	74
1920	38
1921	35
1922	85
1923	123
1924	136
1925	107
1926	188
1927	343
1928	236
1929	352
1930	154
1931	279
1932	466
1933	398
1934	571
1935	968
1936	1,217
1937	309
1938	1,019
1939	584
1940	285
1941	214
1942	303
1943	172
1944	498
1945	333
1946	1,017
1947	457
1948	416
1949	565
1950	482
1951	2,288
1952	404
1953	351
1954	693
1955	522
1956	781
1957	453
1958	274
1959	472
1960	239
1961	1,007
1962	438
1963	271
1964	719
1965	522
1966	1,373
1967	588
1968	471
1969	568
1970	551
1971	666
1972	636
1973	903
1974	929
1975	1,066
1976	719
1977	767
1978	1,197
1979	630
1980	1,031
1981	876
1982	826
1983	1,254
1984	624
1985	725
1986	491
1987	1,148
1988	915
1989	615
1990	1,114
1991	3,969
1992	1,158
1993	653
1994	1,227
1995	1,078
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	789
1999	808
2000	851
2001	587
2002	1,376
2003	1,914
2004	1,356
2005	1,576
2006	1,065
2007	642
2008	1,011
2009	688
2010	718
2011	765
2012	605
2013	515
2014	639
2015	1,123
2016	941
2017	871
2018	405
2019	303
2020	1,688
2021	352
2022	869
2023	714
2024	703
2025	525

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Data for records on 1979-11-03: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	499
20 to 40	44
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1